Bardiac

Every so often, I check the site meter thing, and today, lo and behold, someone found my blog by doing a google search for " good thing...

The academic year is very rhythmic, with different sorts of rhythms depending on your schedule (quarter or semester, for example) and what y...

I got a note this afternoon in my email from a deanling, thanking me for meeting with a student about an advising thing and taking care of i...

I AM BARTLEBY! Ahh, yes, the secret cry of English professors when we don't want to do something. I don't want to. Dun wanna. Bart...

I don't say that often, but I did recently. I went to the Great River Shakespeare Festival at Winona State University and saw their p...

I took the dog out the side door to do her business this morning and noticed that the neighbor's tree had been teepeed. A little look a...

The other day I was reading some news thing, and there was an article on saving money during tough times. So, of course, I went there. Unf...

I just saw this . I realize I'm years behind the times, but once again, let it be known that I'm 300 years behind in my reading. Go...

I can go months without seeing a film, but sometimes folks just want to see films. So yesterday, my teammate (from the athletic league) and...

I went to the auditions for our Shakespeare program the other day. You know how when you see auditions on TV, there's a darkened theate...

Sometimes, living in a smaller community is just weird. Today I got a call from the Clerk of the Courts for my county. I wrote a request l...

First, there's my visitor. She's 15, I think, but romps around enough to seem otherwise, most days. A couple years ago, she had so...

I saw a link to a biking comic today, and it's pretty good. It's called Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand . It's about a bike stor...

This can't be good. Apparently, when I fell last night, I bent the derailer more than I realized, and today, when I was riding up the hi...

I got a note from a Person with Some Power today, inviting me to participate in a workshop. It should be interesting, and a good learning e...

My niece and nephew are visiting (pre-teens). I bet you've often wondered, what it would be like having a Bardiac for an aunt, eh? I let...

P.Z. Myers, over at Pharyngula , recently asked folks to send him some consecrated wafers , in a response to a story that a student walked o...

Like lots of other folks, I have a couple bird feeders because I enjoy seeing the local birds come snack. Lately, this female Rose-Breasted ...

Parts One , Two , and Three , if you're interested. Thanks for the comments on previous entries, folks. And for the links from elsewher...

See Part One and Part Two, if you're interested. Why should you, or I, or NPR care about who wrote the texts attributed to Shakespeare?...